I jest seen a story that said Bono got stranded in that Tamale town cuz of the terrible storm! It said the old government guy stayed in the VIP lounge and Bono wandered through the building drinking beer and talking! LOL that's our Bono!

Y'know I wonder what folks that don't know Bono think of him now? He's doin such a good thing. They keep callin him a rock star but he don't look like one. He's got sunglasses and earrings but his short hair and his everday clothes don't look like no rock star.
He looks like some ordinary guy that drinks beer in his backyard ever weekend in the hammock. Not sayin that's bad he can drink beer in my hammock anytime jest the way he is. But when ya say rock star I think most folks would expect Ozzy Osbourne! He shoulda wore his leather jacket LOL maybe it's too hot!

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Saw a clip of Bono singing on the news since I don't have cable and I got major *Bono fuzzies*!
My brother was in the room and he said look Bono (even he pronounces his name right and he's only 8 ) and he saw him sing and give the children high fives. He told me I want to give Bono a hug!
How cute is he

Anyone know when/if this will be repeated? I haven't been able to catch it at all, as I am at work full time and CNN.com isn't helping.

Anyway, lovely pics, thanks D4B.

SD

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You don't have to be Henry Kissenger to figure out that a more prosperous world is a more secure world; a more educated world is a more tolerant world; and a more healthy world is a more stable world, and I think that would be a fitting memorial to those who lost their lives on Sept. 11th. ~Bono on Leno, Thanksgiving 2001

ACCRA (Reuters) - The world's most powerful finance minister got his tour of Africa back on track on Thursday after a tropical storm trapped him for hours in a remote Ghanaian town.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Irish rock singer Bono left Ghana's capital Accra early on Thursday headed for the continent's economic giant South Africa and meetings with President Thabo Mbeki and his finance minister Trevor Manuel.

Unlikely traveling companions, O'Neill and Bono are on a tour examining how best to spend billions of dollars to give the poorest continent a leg-up.

They were due to dine with South African businessmen and labor leaders after their arrival later on Thursday.

In less prosperous Ghana, Wednesday's schedule came unstuck when a storm trapped them for hours in a northern town under curfew imposed after nearby tribal clashes left dozens dead.

Their different approaches to development have shown, with the U2 frontman and advocate of debt relief for poor countries arguing that public aid is needed as well as the private sector stimulus favored by O'Neill to reduce poverty and create jobs.

Visiting communal projects, Bono warned popular support for the United States could quickly become anger if Washington -- which fears dispossessed Africans could be easy recruits for terrorist groups -- does nothing to alleviate poverty.

"We are driving down the streets and people are waving, people are jumping up and down, they are glad to see the United States," Bono said. "If this country doesn't get help, doesn't get the sense of a new beginning...you come back in five years and they'll be throwing rocks at the bus."

In a U.N. ranking of human development, Ghana sits at 119 out of 162 countries. The bottom 28 are all in Africa.

Bono also criticized subsidies paid by Western governments to protect their industries at the expense of poorer nations.

"You can't have debt cancellation on the one hand and trade subsidies on the other...I don't like this kind of duplicity."

Last week, President Bush (news - web sites) signed a farm law boosting crop and diary subsidies by 67 percent, which some say makes a mockery of calls for Africa to embrace free trade and prices the continent out of lucrative markets.

Bono and O'Neill were set to visit Uganda and then Ethiopia after South Africa, where they were also due to spend the night in a game park. O'Neill returns to Washington on May 31.

"I think Paul O'Neill is going to be a very different person going out than coming in," Bono said of his traveling companion.

and another picture:

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We've got to carry each other~*~

Originally posted by daisybean:
Visiting communal projects, Bono warned popular support for the United States could quickly become anger if Washington -- which fears dispossessed Africans could be easy recruits for terrorist groups -- does nothing to alleviate poverty.

he is SO smart and SO good to say the truth. I love how he gets his points across.

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and you are there for me, you are there for all."~Rabindra Rachnavali

South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) meets U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill (2ndR) Irish rock star Bono (2ndL) and Trevor Manuel Minister of Finance at the Union Building in Pretoria May 23, 2002. O'Neil and Bono are on a three day official visits to South Africa. REUTERS/Juda Ngwenya